1980 Detroit Lions roster and stats

1980 Detroit Lions: 9-7-0
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Home record: 6-2-0 (165 points scored, 90 allowed) Road record: 3-5-0 (169 points scored, 182 allowed) Head Coach: Monte Clark 334 points scored (11th of 28 teams), 272 points allowed (6th) NFL Averages: 20.5 points/game (327.8 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 248 423 2,941 (18) 6.28 13 12 572 2,599 ( 3) 4.5 21 5,540 ( 7) 31 Defense: 256 462 2,934 ( 9) 5.80 14 23 449 1,599 ( 1) 3.6 9 4,533 ( 3) 34

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 1 Tom Skladany P 16 6'0 195 25 3 Ohio State 3 Eddie Murray K 16 5'10 165 24 R Tulane 16 Gary Danielson QB 16 6'2 195 29 4 Purdue 17 Eric Hipple QB 15 6'2 200 23 R Utah State 19 Jeff Komlo QB 4 6'2 200 24 2 Delaware 20 Billy Sims RB 16 6'0 210 25 R Oklahoma 21 Walt Williams DB 16 6'0 185 26 4 New Mexico State 24 Dexter Bussey RB 16 6'1 210 28 7 Texas-Arlington 24 Mike Whited OT 16 6'4 250 22 R Pacific 25 Horace King RB 16 5'10 205 27 6 Georgia 27 Luther Bradley DB 8 6'2 190 25 3 Notre Dame 28 James Hunter DB 16 6'3 195 26 5 Grambling 30 Ray Williams WR 6 5'9 170 22 R Washington State 31 Ken Callicutt RB 13 6'0 195 25 3 Clemson 32 Rick Kane RB 16 5'11 200 25 4 San Jose State 34 Prentice McCray DB 7 6'1 190 29 7 Arizona State 35 Jimmy Allen DB 15 6'2 190 28 7 UCLA 36 Bo Robinson RB 14 6'2 225 24 2 West Texas State 39 Leonard Thompson WR 16 5'10 190 28 6 Oklahoma State 42 Ray Oldham DB 16 6'0 190 29 8 Middle Tennessee State 44 Wayne Smith DB 16 6'0 170 23 R Purdue 47 John Arnold WR 10 5'10 175 25 2 Wyoming 48 Eddie Lewis DB 14 6'0 175 26 5 Kansas 50 Eddie Cole LB 13 6'2 235 23 2 Mississippi 51 James Harrell LB 5 6'1 220 23 2 Florida 52 Stan White LB 16 6'1 225 31 9 Ohio State 53 Garry Cobb LB 16 6'2 225 23 2 Southern California 55 Tom Turnure C 3 6'4 250 23 R Washington 57 Ken Fantetti LB 16 6'2 230 23 2 Wyoming 58 Derrel Luce LB 9 6'3 225 28 6 Baylor 59 Charlie Weaver LB 16 6'2 225 31 10 Southern California 60 Al Baker DE 15 6'6 245 23 3 Colorado State 61 Homer Elias OG 14 6'3 255 25 3 Tennessee State 61 Willie Parker C 4 6'3 245 31 8 North Texas State 62 John Mohring LB 1 6'3 240 23 1 C.W. Post 63 Alva Liles DT 1 6'3 255 24 1 Boise State 63 Dave Simmons LB 1 6'4 218 23 2 North Carolina 63 Mike McCoy DT 4 6'5 275 32 11 Notre Dame 64 John Mendenhall DT 15 6'1 255 31 9 Grambling 65 Amos Fowler C 13 6'3 250 24 3 Southern Mississippi 66 Burton Lawless OG 9 6'4 255 26 6 Florida 66 Tommie Ginn OG 14 6'3 250 22 R Arkansas 67 Wally Pesuit OG 1 6'4 250 26 5 Kentucky 67 Rod Walters OG 2 6'3 258 26 4 Iowa 70 Keith Dorney OT 9 6'5 260 22 2 Penn State 71 Tom Tuinei DT 12 6'4 250 22 R Hawaii 72 Vern Holland OT 2 6'5 267 32 10 Tennessee State 72 Chris Dieterich OT 8 6'3 255 22 R North Carolina State 73 Russ Bolinger OG 16 6'5 255 26 4 Long Beach State 75 Dave Pureifory DE 16 6'1 255 31 9 Eastern Michigan 76 Karl Baldischwiler OT 16 6'5 260 24 3 Oklahoma 77 John Woodcock DT 8 6'3 250 26 4 Hawaii 77 Curley Culp DT 3 6'1 265 34 13 Arizona State 79 William Gay DE 16 6'5 250 25 3 Southern California 80 Ulysses Norris TE 16 6'4 230 23 2 Georgia 81 David Hill TE 16 6'2 230 26 5 Texas A&I 84 Jesse Thompson WR 11 6'1 185 24 2 California 86 Mike Friede WR 4 6'3 200 23 R Indiana 87 Freddie Scott WR 16 6'2 180 28 7 Amherst

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Gary Danielson 417 244 58.5 3,223 7.73 13.2 13 3.1 11 2.6 44 338 82.4 Jeff Komlo 4 2 50.0 26 6.50 13.0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0 31.3 Tom Skladany 2 2 100.0 38 19.00 19.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Ray Williams 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 8 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Freddie Scott          53    834   15.7    4
Billy Sims             51    621   12.2    3
David Hill             39    424   10.9    1
Dexter Bussey          39    364    9.3    0
Leonard Thompson       19    511   26.9    3
Horace King            19    184    9.7    1
Jesse Thompson         11    137   12.5    0
Ray Williams           10    146   14.6    1
Rick Kane               5     26    5.2    0
Mike Friede             1     21   21.0    0
Ken Callicutt           1     19   19.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Billy Sims            313  1,303    4.2   13
Dexter Bussey         145    720    5.0    3
Gary Danielson         48    232    4.8    2
Rick Kane              31    125    4.0    0
Freddie Scott           5     86   17.2    1
Leonard Thompson        6     61   10.2    0
Horace King            18     57    3.2    1
Ray Williams            2     17    8.5    1
Bo Robinson             3      2    0.7    0
Jesse Thompson          1     -4   -4.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Rick Kane              23    495   21.5    0
Ken Callicutt          16    301   18.8    0
Ray Williams            9    228   25.3    1
John Arnold             9    145   16.1    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
John Arnold            28    204    7.3    6    0
Ray Williams           27    259    9.6    4    0
Ken Callicutt           1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Tom Skladany 72 3,036 42.2 8 16 1 38 300 35.3 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Eddie Murray 0/1 9/9 10/13 7/15 1/4 27/42 35/36 116 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Jimmy Allen 2.0 6 38 0 Al Baker 17.5 1 0 0 Luther Bradley 1 0 0 Ken Fantetti 1.0 1 10 0 William Gay 3.0 James Hunter 2.0 6 20 0 Mike McCoy 1.0 John Mendenhall 4.0 Ray Oldham 1.0 3 39 1 Dave Pureifory 6.5 Wayne Smith 0.5 1 23 0 Charlie Weaver 1.0 1 -3 0 Stan White 1.0 2 22 0 Walt Williams 1 19 0 John Woodcock 3.5

1980 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 1 RB Billy Sims 60 Oklahoma 3 57 C Tom Turnure 63 Washington 3 62 WR Mike Friede 27 Indiana [pick acquired from BAL] 4 85 QB Eric Hipple 102 Utah State 5 111 DB Mark Streeter Arizona 5 120 OG Tommie Ginn 27 Arkansas [pick acquired from KC] 6 140 OT Chris Dietrich 105 North Carolina State 7 166 K Eddie Murray 250 Tulane 9 222 WR DeWayne Jett Hawaii 9 223 DT Tom Tuinei 12 Hawaii [pick acquired from SF via KC] 10 251 DB Henry Henderson Utah State 11 278 DB Wayne Smith 108 Purdue 12 307 WR Ray Williams 6 Washington State

Traded draft picks: #2 to MIN via SF (Willie Teal), #8 to BAL (Ken Walter)

Transactions:

01-28-1980	Gene Washington retired
04-08-1980	traded Detroit's #12 pick in the 1981 draft and past considerations to Broncos for Denver's #8 pick in the 1980 draft
04-10-1980	traded Larry Tearry to Chiefs for Kansas City's #5 pick and #9 San Francisco's #9 pick in the 1980 draft
04-15-1980	Dave Gallagher retired
04-24-1980	traded Detroit's #8 pick in the 1980 draft to Colts for Stan White
07-24-1980	traded Ed O'Neil to Patriots for New England's #9 pick in the 1981 draft
08-19-1980	Al Baker retired
09-11-1980	Al Baker unretired

1980 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/07/80    at Los Angeles Rams        W 41-20       1-0-0
09/14/80    at Green Bay Packers       W 29-7        2-0-0
09/21/80    vs St. Louis Cardinals     W 20-7        3-0-0
09/28/80    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 27-7        4-0-0
10/05/80    at Atlanta Falcons         L 28-43       4-1-0
10/12/80    vs New Orleans Saints      W 24-13       5-1-0
10/19/80    at Chicago Bears           L 7-24        5-2-0
10/26/80    at Kansas City Chiefs      L 17-20       5-3-0
11/02/80    vs San Francisco 49ers     W 17-13       6-3-0
11/09/80    at Minnesota Vikings       L 0-34        6-4-0
11/16/80    vs Baltimore Colts         L 9-10        6-5-0
11/23/80    at Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 24-10       7-5-0
11/27/80    vs Chicago Bears           L 17-23 (OT)  7-6-0
12/07/80    at St. Louis Cardinals     L 23-24       7-7-0
12/14/80    vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers    W 27-14       8-7-0
12/21/80    vs Green Bay Packers       W 24-3        9-7-0

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